NEW DELHI: Neelam Krishnamoorthy, who lost two minor children in Uphaar fire tragedy and has been fighting legal battle for justice on behalf victims family for the last 18 years, has approached the Supreme Court challenging Delhi High Court order quashing proceedings against Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal for allegedly threatening her.

The HC in July had dropped proceedings and quashed the summons issued by a lower court against real estate tycoons in the case. It had however put two employees of the Ansals -- Deepak Kathpalia and P S Sharma -- on trial under section 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman) of the IPC, for allegedly abusing and threatening Krishnamoorthy, the president of the Association of Uphaar Tragedy Victims.

Challenging the order, Krishnamoorthy said the High Court has gravely erred in quashing the complaint against Ansals and the court totally ignored undisputed relationship of employer and employee between the Ansal brothers and the other accused who were acting on the instruction of Ansals.

"The High Court grossly erred in failing to appreciate that she had earlier been repeatedly threatened and misbehaved by other persons on behalf of the accused Ansal brothers categorically asking her not to come to court and pursue trial proceedings against the accused Ansal brothers,"she said in her plea.

She had lodged a complaint on May 11, 2007 after employees of Ansal brothers had clicked her photographs in court premises. She said that the employees who clicked the photographs were not facing trial in the court and were present there with the sole aim of intimidating her.

Krishnamoorthy had lost two minor children in the fire in which 57 others were asphyxiated during the screening of Hindi blockbuster movie "Border".